Water-closet.



PATBNTBDMAMQ, 190s.

F. SCHUH, `WATER CLOSET.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 22. 1902.

H0 MODEL.

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.PATBNTED MAY a9, 1903.

P. SGHUH. l WATER GLOSBT. APPLICATION FILED JULY Z2, 1902.

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l UNITED STATES Patented May 19, 1903.

FRANK SCHUH, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOS ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 728,624, dated May 19, 1903.

Application tiled July 22, 1902. Serial No. 116,531. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK SCHUH, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Albany, in the lcounty of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Vater-Oloset, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in water-closet bowls, the object being to provide a iiushing water-tank in directconnection with and forming a part of the bowl, thus dispensing with the usual overhead tank; and a further object is to so construct the valve mechanism that upon relieving the closet-seat of pressure a thorough flushing of all parts of the bowl will take place.

I will describe a water-closet embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a water closet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line fcof Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 isasectional detail showing one of the valves employed.

The bowl comprises a lower portion 1,-having a downwardly and forwardly inclined rear wall 2, and attached to the portion 1 and communicating therewithis the upper ring-like portion 3, which is practically al portion of the bowl.

Surrounding the bowl is a casing 4, divided by an annular partition 5 to form two flushing water-chambers 6 7. The casing forms the outer walls of the chambers, while the parts 3 and l form the inner walls. Secured around the upper edges ot` the part 3 and the casing is the top plate 8, over which the seat 9 isarranged to swing, the hinge being at the rear edge of the seat.

Arranged below the bowl 1 is the basin 10, the rear wall 11 of which is substantially on a line with the bottom of the bowl, the object being to keep the basin filled with water up to the bowl. At the rear of the wall 11 is the discharge-pipe 12, from the upper portion of which the uptake or gas-discharge pipe 13 leads.

Communication is provided between the chamber 6 and the bowl through the valveseat 14, arranged in the bottom wall of the chamber at' the rear of the upper portion 3, while communication is provided between the chamber 7 and the basin through the valveseat 15 in front of the bowl. A valve 16 controls the opening 14, and aY valve 17 controls the opening 15. From the valve 17 a stem 18 extends up through an opening in the bottom wall of the chamber 7 and into a cup 19, depending from the plate 8 and opening outward. On the end of the stem and designed to be engaged by the seat 9 is a head `2O, and between the head and the bottom of the cup is a spring 21.

Surrounding the ring-like portion 3 is a ringshaped lever 22, the forward end of which is loosely connected to the stem 18 between two collars thereon, while the rear portion of the lever is loosely connected to the stem of the valve 16 between two collars thereon.

At the rear side the chamber 6 is separated from the chamber by a cross-partition 23, which, however, terminates a short distance below the top of the chamber 6, so that water may flow over the same into the chamber 7, as will be more fully described.

Arranged in the chamber 7 at the rear of the partition 23 is theV inlet-valve casing 24, With which the supply-pipe 25 communicates at the bottom, and a discharge'pipe 26 leads from the valve-casing and discharges over the partition 23 into the chamber 6. The valve in thecasing 24 has its stem 27 loosely engaging with the rearwardly-extended arm 28 of the lever 22, the said arm being pivoted t'o a lug on the partition 23.

Levers 29 30 are Ipivotally connected to the upper end of the valve-casing and engage loosely at their inner ends with the valvestem 27, and pivotally connected to their outer ends are floats 31.

In operation when pressure is brought to bear on the seat 9 the valve 17 will be forced down on its seat, and through the medium of the lever 22 the valve 16 will be held closed and the inlet-valve in the casing 24 will be moved to open position by the Weight of the floats, as at this time there is no water in the chamber. Water will now ilowinto the chamber 6, and when the chamber becomes filled the water will overflow the partition 23 and iill the chamber 7,and when the water reaches the oats 3l they will be moved upward to automatically cut off the supply of water. Upon relieving the seat of pressure the spring IOO 2l will open the Valve 17 and cause the lever 22 to open the valve 16, when water will iiow from the chambers 6 and 7 into the basin, thoroughly cleansing all the parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent- 1. In a water-closet, a bowl, a flushing-tank around the lower portion of the bowl, a iiushing-tank around the upper portion of the bowl, a basin below the bowl, the upper tank having communication with the bowl, a valve for controlling said communication,the lower tank having communication with the basin, a valve for said communication, a valve-controlled inlet, and means operated by pressure, to close the first-named valves and permit the opening of the inlet-valves, substantially as specified. l

2. In a water-closet, a bowl, two communieating flushing-tanks surrounding the bowl and having valve-controlled communication therewith, an overiow-partition between the two tanks, a valve-controlled water-inlet for the tanks, and a iioat for closing the inletvalve, substantially as specified.

3. Ina water-closet, a bowl, two communicating tlushingtanks surrounding the bowl and having valve-controlled communication therewith, au overflow-partition between the tanks, a valve-controlled inlet for the upper tank, levers pivotally connected to the stem of the inlet-Valve, and floats pivoted to the outer ends of the levers, substantially as specifiedm 4; In awater-closet, a bowl, a basin below the bowl, a flushing-tank around the upper portion of the bowl and having an opening in its bottom wall leadinginto the bowl, a valve for said opening, a dashing-tank surrounding the lower portion-of the bowl and having an opening leading into the basin, a valve for said opening, a stem extended upward from the last-named valve, a swinging seat for engaging with the stem, a lever extending 

